CAMP SUMOROY, CATARMAN, Northern Samar –CPP-NPA Local communist terrorists ambushed elements of the 20th (We Lead) Battalion conducting the Mobile Community Support and Sustainment Program (MCSSP) using Anti-Personnel Mine (APM) in Brgy. Quirino, Las Navas, Northern Samar this morning at 05:30 a.m 18 December 2022.
The atrocity was perpetrated by the terrorist group belonging to the Front Committee 15 of Sub-Regional Committee “Arctic” of the Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee led by alias Tara, that resulted to six (6) Army troopers, from suffering from superfluous wounds and injuries.
Barangay Quirino is among the seven (7) recipient barangays in Las Navas, Northern Samar funded under Local Government Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) 2022 as part of the National Task Force-ELCAC Program. Brgy. Quirino was set to receive a Water System Project after the groundbreaking ceremony at Brgy. Magsaysay on December 16, 2022.
It can be recalled that the same terrorist group conducted a series of attacks using Anti-Personnel Mines against government troops, on April 03, 2022, the CNTs used APMs against CSP Teams of the 20IB while the troops were moving back to Barangay Osang, Catubig, Northern Samar at vicinity Brgy. San Miguel, Las Navas, Northern Samar, which resulted to the death of two (2) PNP Personnel and injuries to four (4) others. Another APM incident happened at Brgy. Magsaysay, Mapanas, Northern on July 05, 2022 which injured seven (7) Army Personnel and on July 19, 2022, one (1) soldier died and five other troopers were wounded after communist terrorist attack using APMS in Brgy Osang, Catubig, Northern Samar.
Col Perfecto P Peñaredondo (Inf) MNSA PA, 803rd Brigade Commander, vehemently condemned the CPP-NPA terrorists for their flagrant violation on the use of banned APM. He urged the community and the LGUs to condemn this dastardly act of the NPA terrorists that continuously violate Human Rights, the Ottawa Convention, the International Humanitarian Law and RA9851.
He added that the leadership of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), as the self-proclaimed organizational representative of the NPA, should be held liable for not making genuine efforts to stop the NPA, its armed wing, from the continuing production, stockpile, transport, and use of crudely manufactured APM that also pose danger to the people in the communities.
Meanwhile, the 803rd Infantry (Peacemaker) Brigade transported the casualties utilizing one (1) unit of Sikorski S70i (Blackhwak) to Eastern Visayas Medical Center for further medical treatment. The Commander of JTF-STORM and 8ID Commander, MGEN CAMILO Z LIGAYO PA is set to award the wounded personnel medal to the six (6) Stormtroopers as soon as their medical conditions stabilize.
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